Promos

UCF’s successful online and blended-learning programs will be the nationwide focus of an upcoming Tavis Smiley Show on PBS. An interview with Thomas Cavanagh, UCF’s associate vice president of distributed learning, was taped Monday in Los Angeles and is scheduled for broadcast at midnight Thursday on WUCF TV. Cavanagh discussed how UCF has leveraged the […]

Graduates from two of UCF’s nurse practitioner programs achieved a perfect score on their national board certification exams this semester. Altogether, 29 College of Nursing’s graduates achieved certification as either adult-gerontology primary nurse practitioners or family nurse practitioners, two specialties that are in growing demand in the health care market. The certification exams are the […]

John C. Bersia, special assistant to the president for global perspectives at the University of Central Florida, has been elected to the national board of directors for Global Ties U.S. in Washington. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on international exchanges, Global Ties has endeavored to build lasting links among government, business and civil-society leaders for […]

Promos

UCF’s successful online and blended-learning programs will be the nationwide focus of an upcoming Tavis Smiley Show on PBS. An interview with Thomas Cavanagh, UCF’s associate vice president of distributed learning, was taped Monday in Los Angeles and is scheduled for broadcast at midnight Thursday on WUCF TV. Cavanagh discussed how UCF has leveraged the […]

Graduates from two of UCF’s nurse practitioner programs achieved a perfect score on their national board certification exams this semester. Altogether, 29 College of Nursing’s graduates achieved certification as either adult-gerontology primary nurse practitioners or family nurse practitioners, two specialties that are in growing demand in the health care market. The certification exams are the […]

John C. Bersia, special assistant to the president for global perspectives at the University of Central Florida, has been elected to the national board of directors for Global Ties U.S. in Washington. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on international exchanges, Global Ties has endeavored to build lasting links among government, business and civil-society leaders for […]

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Hearts for the Homeless Orlando

The “Hearts for the Homeless Orlando” movement was born when the three honors students learned that hypertension is one of the leading causes of death among homeless people. Every Monday and Tuesday evening, they set up tables, chairs and blood-pressure monitors in a parking lot behind downtown’s St. George Greek Orthodox Church, where more than 50 homeless people regularly gather there for meals provided by Straight Street Orlando and other charitable groups.